Finally talked my wife into signing up

[+cleverpig]

We have been caching for a few months now and my wife caches with both me and her sister. I have convinced her that she should sign up for an account.

Once she signs up, should she log all of the caches that she has been to? This would make her PQ's more accurate but she didn't actually sign any of the logs.

 

What are your thoughts?

[+tenacityj]

I always dislike when a someone logs my cache as found online, but doesn't sign the log sheet in the cache. This is because I take pride in some of my more difficult hides and do not want people cheating.

 

However, I think that if she has already visted the physical cache location, she should get credit for finding it. Maybe she could log all of the caches that she has found and cite the member name with whom she was caching. That way owners could check the logs to see if she was mentioned in any of your posts.

[+Team Cotati]

We have been caching for a few months now and my wife caches with both me and her sister. I have convinced her that she should sign up for an account.

Once she signs up, should she log all of the caches that she has been to? This would make her PQ's more accurate but she didn't actually sign any of the logs.

 

What are your thoughts?

 

She has her own account. Wants to online log caches that she "went to" but didn't sign the logbook. No online logging should be done.

Edited February 28, 2008 by Team Cotati

[+dirgon]

I am unable to talk my wife into going caching with me and our son. She says that she is not into it. Any tips on how to get her motivated or should we (me and the boy) just go off and spend time together without Mom tagging along?

[+IBcrashen]

We have been caching for a few months now and my wife caches with both me and her sister. I have convinced her that she should sign up for an account.

Once she signs up, should she log all of the caches that she has been to? This would make her PQ's more accurate but she didn't actually sign any of the logs.

 

What are your thoughts?

 

She should log them with an explanation included with it. She was part of the cleverpig team and was there and logged. If the cache owner doesnt allow her log, so be it. Many teams have split to individual accounts and have logged there finds this way.

Edited February 28, 2008 by IBcrashen

[+sojourners7]

I am unable to talk my wife into going caching with me and our son. She says that she is not into it. Any tips on how to get her motivated or should we (me and the boy) just go off and spend time together without Mom tagging along?

 

Just you and your son go out and have a blast without mom. This will be a good chance for the two of you to have some quality time together. When you return home you both can share your stories with her. Maybe she will get interested some day, but if she never does oh well. You guys have fun!

[+cleverpig]

I always dislike when a someone logs my cache as found online, but doesn't sign the log sheet in the cache. This is because I take pride in some of my more difficult hides and do not want people cheating.

 

However, I think that if she has already visted the physical cache location, she should get credit for finding it. Maybe she could log all of the caches that she has found and cite the member name with whom she was caching. That way owners could check the logs to see if she was mentioned in any of your posts.

 

That's why I ask. I didn't know how cache owners would react.

If you check some of my more recent logs you'll see that not only was she with me but actually found the cache before me. It's a vicious game we play

 

Since there is the option of setting the date found, if she logs the actual date that she found them (versus the date she logged it) how will that affect the online cache logs?

[southpawaz]

This would make her PQ's more accurate but she didn't actually sign any of the logs.

 

What are your thoughts?

 

If the main concern is generating PQs that don't include caches she has been to as part of team cleverpig, she could just mark those as ignore.

[+Team Cotati]

I am unable to talk my wife into going caching with me and our son. She says that she is not into it. Any tips on how to get her motivated or should we (me and the boy) just go off and spend time together without Mom tagging along?

 

In this situation, you and the boy would, in all likelyhood, have a much more enjoyable experience leaving mom at home.

[+KoosKoos]

I am unable to talk my wife into going caching with me and our son. She says that she is not into it. Any tips on how to get her motivated or should we (me and the boy) just go off and spend time together without Mom tagging along?

 

first, I'd take the previous advice...you and son go have fun bonding together and come back and tell mom about all the fun stuff she missed.

 

second, you can remind your wife that she doesn't need to be "into" geocaching...she can just be into walking with her hubby and son.

 

third, have your cute son ask mommy if she'd pleeeeeeeeaaaaaasssssse come with him on some geocaching trips because he'd like to have fun with her AND dad. trust me, he'll make a lot more headway with convincing her to try something new than you will.

 

And if she just doesn't want to go, revert back to the original plan...you and your boy get to go have a blast together.

 

edit - and on topic, have your wife date the logs on the day she found them with an explanation. as an owner, I might look at someone logging old finds a little funny unless I understood what they were doing. and I'd prefer you to keep the logs in historical order instead of seeing a bunch of finds from her today on a variety of caches.

Edited February 28, 2008 by KoosKoos

[+Miragee]

I always dislike when a someone logs my cache as found online, but doesn't sign the log sheet in the cache. This is because I take pride in some of my more difficult hides and do not want people cheating.

 

However, I think that if she has already visted the physical cache location, she should get credit for finding it. Maybe she could log all of the caches that she has found and cite the member name with whom she was caching. That way owners could check the logs to see if she was mentioned in any of your posts.

 

That's why I ask. I didn't know how cache owners would react.

If you check some of my more recent logs you'll see that not only was she with me but actually found the cache before me. It's a vicious game we play

 

Since there is the option of setting the date found, if she logs the actual date that she found them (versus the date she logged it) how will that affect the online cache logs?

If she logs the caches using the day you guys found it together, that would be fine, especially if the log is prefaced with something like "Found this with my husband, cleverpig, before I had my own account." It would really be great if she would then add a few details about the cache, or the day, to make the log unique to her experience, instead of saying "TNLNSL."

[+briansnat]

I always dislike when a someone logs my cache as found online, but doesn't sign the log sheet in the cache. This is because I take pride in some of my more difficult hides and do not want people cheating.

 

However, I think that if she has already visted the physical cache location, she should get credit for finding it. Maybe she could log all of the caches that she has found and cite the member name with whom she was caching. That way owners could check the logs to see if she was mentioned in any of your posts.

 

That's why I ask. I didn't know how cache owners would react.

If you check some of my more recent logs you'll see that not only was she with me but actually found the cache before me. It's a vicious game we play

 

Since there is the option of setting the date found, if she logs the actual date that she found them (versus the date she logged it) how will that affect the online cache logs?

 

You may find an owner or two who will give you a hard time, but she was at the caches, so why not log them? So what if a find or two is deleted.

 

Just use the date that it was found in the log (instead of the actual logging date ) and mention that "cache was found with cleverpig, just logging under my own account" so the owner knows what's up.

 

This is exactly what my wife did when she got her own account. I think she went back and logged about 100 caches that we found together. Not one was deleted.

Edited February 28, 2008 by briansnat

[crawil]

My son got his own account as we hit about 600 finds. We went through all of our finds and determined which ones he tagged along with. He then went and back logged all of them with his own account and a line similar to those mentioned above. I think he had 450 that the did this way and didn't have a single owner respond. Just go caching and have fun!

[+cleverpig]

Thanks to everyone who replied.

 

Now I have to go out and find more caches because once she logs all of hers all I'm gonna hear is "I've found more than you!" She has the benefit of hunting during the week with her sister where I only get out on the weekends.

 

Thanks again.

[+edscott]

When my wife decided she wanted her own account, we went through all my finds and made an accurate list of those where she had participated in the find. Came out to maybe 200 or 300 caches. She then logged them in, using the same date as my log and not one owner complained commented in any way. The key is to explain what you are doing in the log.

[+PeachyPA]

I am unable to talk my wife into going caching with me and our son. She says that she is not into it. Any tips on how to get her motivated or should we (me and the boy) just go off and spend time together without Mom tagging along?

 

In this situation, you and the boy would, in all likelyhood, have a much more enjoyable experience leaving mom at home.

As a mom who does a few caches with her son, I say have fun just the two of you! Don't drag her into it if she doesn't want to go along.

[Fluxuated]

My kids wanted to have their own account, and therefor didn't sign any of the caches they'd found before that. I Emailed every person that owned the caches we found, and asked if it would be ok to have them log it, and EVERY ONE of those people replied back and gave me the go ahead.

 

This is a hobby, and meant to be fun, if she's found those caches, she's logging, then what's the problem?

 

Good Luck! I hope she enjoys having her own account now.